Courts of California explained

Courts of California include:

State courts of record of California

• Supreme Court of California^[1]
  • California Courts of Appeal (6 appellate districts)^[2]
    • Superior Courts of California (58 courts, one for each county)^[3]

State quasi-administrative courts of California

• State Bar Court of California;^[4] an administrative court within the judicial branch, subordinate to the California Supreme Court

Federal courts located in California

• United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (headquartered in San Francisco, having jurisdiction over the United States District Courts of Alaska, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, the Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, and Washington)
  • United States District Court for the Central District of California^[5]
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of California^[6]
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of California^[7]
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of California^[8]

Former federal courts of California

• United States District Court for the District of California (extinct, subdivided)

See also

• Judiciary of California

External links

• National Center for State Courts - directory of state court websites.

Notes and References

1. Web site: California Courts: Courts: Supreme Court . Courtinfo.ca.gov . 2008-12-17.
2. Web site: California Courts: Courts: Courts of Appeal . Courtinfo.ca.gov . 2008-12-17.
3. Web site: California Courts: Courts: Superior Courts . Courtinfo.ca.gov . 2008-12-17.
4. Web site: Home . statebarcourt.ca.gov.
5. Web site: CACD Home Page . Cacd.uscourts.gov . 2008-12-17.
6. Web site: Home . caed.uscourts.gov.
7. Web site: Home . cand.uscourts.gov.
8. Web site: United States District Court - CASD - Welcome to CASD . Casd.uscourts.gov . 2008-12-17 . 2011-05-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110518105537/http://www.casd.uscourts.gov/ . dead .